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Have you tried the speed shops? many,many years ago I installed a 283 into a 48 ford trans and got what I needed from Honest Charlies in Tenn!
had a similar problem when the top was chopped on my avatar 54 PU, the body man who did the work did a great job on the pillars and doors but...
Is'nt there a reproduction /aftermarket button manufactured by some of the many companies out there???
flatrods right about the converter bolts rounding off easily,using a 6point box end will ensure the bolts won't strip.
Epoxy filler is probably a lot harder than rattle can primer and would disappear a lot faster than the filler when hand sanded.
Look again at the very first picture posted, that wheel clearly takes a flanged nut, so stop confusing the guy and let him just go get the right...
Tapered nuts are wrong. Period
great video but this old yankee barely understood a word said.
A friend got sucked in by this guy last month, excited about a57 belail convertible just like he had when he was a kid for 15000 he asked if i...
Did you reinstall the distributer 180 degrees out, if so the rotor is trying to fire #6 plug and it's not properly timed.
Way back in 1959 i put a 283 in my 48 coupe in the auto hobby shop at my A/F base, used the rams horns and connected those to the mufflers with...
Duals are the way to get the sound your looking for, check out some on line catalogs for ideas and $$.
Fantastic automobile you did good. In the old days we would slap some glasspac Smittys on, you can find the same sounding mufflers today Enjoy...
Just another thought, a friend of mine from the 70's who worked almost exclusively with lead body work died from the fumes he breathed in st the...
Chemical stripper and a razor blade scraper works like a charm
Chemical stripper and a razor blade scraper works like a charm, little mess and right down to bare metal.
If it's a chevy Rock Auto has them new for $116 bucks, why bother cleaning.
I think JD Miller is correct, but just in case some dimensions please or at least lay a yardstick next to it.
Once a long time ago I helped a friend take a tired flathead out of his 50 ford and replace it with a Y block from a wrecked 55 T bird following...
and in the AF in the late 50's we where using the Beam and needle type, nothing digital back then.
The crimpers Moriarty showed where the very same ones I used to repair the shattered bundle of wires om that F102. I was given them to use from...
Ex Air Force A&E mechanic here, I recall a incident in Fla where a oxygen vessel exploded while servicing a F102 and took out a bundle of about...
Massachusetts also had these for a while in the 50s and 60s.
I'm not digging the air cleaner, how does that work, anybody know?
Just finished getting a title in Mass on my 57 chev I have owned since 1958. I downloaded the application filled it out like the car was untouched...
should have stuck a pin in that balloon.
seems to me that 4200 psi in itself is enough to warp large panels???
another vote for the ozone machine, my pal's 64 impala seats were green with mold and 8 hours with machine inside solved the problem.
Looks to me like a skim coat of Bondo failing, seems to thick for paint. Ralphie
Boat!!!
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